Andrew Carr

Andy Carr is the Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and a fellow of Worcester College at the University of Oxford. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and undertook postgraduate training in Oxford, Seattle and Melbourne, obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a ChM from Bristol and a DSc from Oxford.  

His research has had a significant influence on the management and outcomes of patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery and he is one of the 25 most cited surgical researchers globally. He has pioneered the development and evaluation of surgical implants and technologies, including the Oxford partial knee replacement, that has been implanted in over 2 million patients worldwide and the Oxford patient reported outcome scores, that have been translated into over 30 languages and are used to direct Health Policy globally. His research into rotator cuff tears of the shoulder spans discovery of cellular disease mechanisms through translation into new treatments and multicentre randomised clinical trials. He has led the controversial use of placebo surgery controls in clinical trials which has resulted in the decommissioning of ineffective shoulder operations with reduction in risk to patients and significant cost savings to health economies globally. His team has patented novel electrospun surgical implants which improve soft tissue repair.

He founded the Botnar Research Institute at the University of Oxford in 2002 which undertakes translational research across the medical, social and engineering sciences and was director of the NIHR Biomedical Research unit from 2008-17. He was a Non-Executive Director and then Divisional Director of the specialist Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust and is a past President of the British Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Society He is currently a Nuffield Medical Trustee and Chair of the Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund, an elected Council member and Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons and Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of Bristol University. He has an honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Copenhagen, an NIHR senior investigator award and a fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2025 he was awarded an MBE for services to Orthopaedic Research and Training